Get into your helmets and shinpads, peeps, 'cos a match that's gonna give a whole
new meaning to the cold war is about to begin. Yup, the US of A and the USSR are
about to take on one another on in the ice hockey challenge of the year. Da-daaa...

Hold it! Don't start trying to bully off right away. Pick the number of players,
team size (one-on-one or five-on-five) and the length of match first. Ready?

Right then - you're on a horizontally scrolling rink, you can try wrist
shots, slap shots, faceoff, drop passing, body and poke (oo-er) checking.
There are penalties for roughing and crosschecking, icing and offsides.

In the
five-a-side game, you have the chance to switch between three different teams
of players (with different strengths and weaknesses) at any time. You always
control either the goalkeeper or one other player.

Got that? Right then, get mean, get lean, get out there and GET GOING.

Icing occurs when you shoot the puck
from one side of the rink to the
other without anybody touching it.
You'll face off in the offending
team's circle.

Offsides occurs when your team has
the puck and you cross into the
attacking zone before the puck
does. You'll face off in the center
circle.

FATIGUE/SWITCHING LINES

You have three lines of players that
you can use at any time. All that
skating and stick swinging fatigues
your players, so you'll want to switch
lines to give the players a rest. A
dot sits above the line that's
currently playing. As your players
tire, the line shrinks. When it's
about half way down, you should
consider switching lines. (Players
only fatigue in 5 on 5 games.)

Line 1 consists of a well-rounded
bunch who are pretty good at every-
thing. Line 2 are pros at offensive
scoring, but are a little sloppy on
defense. Line 3 is strong on defense.
If you're up on points, you might want
to bring them in to protect your lead.

To toggle between the the USSR lines
(on the top left of your screen) press
C= (the Commodore key). To toggle the
three USA lines (top right) press the
Cursor UP/DOWN key.

H - Toggles Pause. If pause for
too long, the game goes back
to the beginning.
F5 - Aborts game or demo.
C= - Switches USSR line.
CURSOR
UP/DOWN - Switches USA line.
SPACE - Takes you out of the intro
and into the game.